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Comparison of Readability and Decodability Levels across Five First Grade Basal Programs
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Maslin, Pamela – Reading Improvement, 2007
Teaching students how to read is one of the most important tasks in elementary schools. The majority of schools use published basal programs to teach students to read. Several published reviews have indicated that past editions of basal readers did not align with appropriate instruction for beginning level readers. In this study I reviewed five of…
Descriptors: Readability, Phonics, Beginning Reading, Basal Reading
Could You Teach i.t.a.?
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Downing, John – Reading Improvement, 1973
Presents i.t.a. in a way that enables a teacher to learn the i.t.a. code individually and describes i.t.a. on the basis of American pronunciation. (TO)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Inservice Teacher Education
I/T/A/: What Happened to It?
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Fitzgerald, Gisela G. – Reading Improvement, 1981
Reviews the research on the initial teaching alphabet (i/t/a), the sources of conflict and misunderstanding involving its use, and its future in reading instruction. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Literature Reviews, Phonics
Learning To Read in Madagascar
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Stolee, Peter B. – Reading Improvement, 1970
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Malagasy, Material Development
Learning to Read
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Stolee, Peter B. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Phonics, Reading Comprehension
The Effects of I.T.A. on the Reading Achievement of Mexican-American Children: A Follow-Up
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Trepper, Terry Steven; Robertson, Douglas J. – Reading Improvement, 1975
Indicates that i.t.a. can be an effective tool in teaching bilingual Mexican-American children to read. (RB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Educational Research, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
The Initial Teaching Alphabet as a Teaching Strategy with Moderately Handicapped Young Children.
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Brinkman, Erwin H.; Sutton, Ruth H. – Reading Improvement, 1978
First graders taught with the initial teaching alphabet showed superior word recognition when compared with matched subjects taught in the traditional English alphabet instructional format. Retesting in third grade showed no significant differences between the groups, but indicated that auditory memory affected reading performance in both…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Initial Teaching Alphabet